—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
Examples of wow in a Sentence
Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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Interjection
All Rio needed to wow the crowd was Gisele, who turned the stadium into her personal catwalk, strutting the length of the field solo.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 4 May 2024
Elevate your outdoor audio experience with the JBL Xtreme 3 speaker, bolstered by its rugged, waterproof design at, wow, 52% off.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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